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the federal government has become so large and unwielding that in many cases it's being governed or programs are managed by people who are so out of touch from what's actually happening in people's lives they're just not doing the job the programs ought to do. i take a program like medicaid, an individual that provides health care services to the poor, i'd take that hundreds of billions of dollars and i'd cut it up state by state based on the shares they're getting this year and send it to colorado to say you care for your own poors health care in the way you think best. and likewise -- [ applause ] >> that might apply to housing vouchers and food stamps to help the poor in the community. my experience what it means to be poor in massachusetts is different than montana or mississippi and i'd rather let the legislators and the governors of the respective states what's the best way to provide the care for people who need the care. we're a generous people, we're a compassionate and generous people. we want to have a strong and able safety net for the people who need our care. but i believe that
the federal government has become so large and unwielding that in many cases it's being governed or programs are managed by people who are so out of touch from what's actually happening in people's lives they're just not doing the job the programs ought to do. i take a program like medicaid, an individual that provides health care services to the poor, i'd take that hundreds of billions of dollars and i'd cut it up state by state based on the shares they're getting this year and send it to...
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which is the fact that if you follow the government's suggestion if the court follows the government's suggestion, what is going to be lost is something we know is a central part of the act. i mean, indeed if one sort of looks at the legislative history more broadly, i think much of it is directed towards the idea that guaranteed issue and community rating were the crown jewel of the act. the minimum coverage provision wasn't something that everybody was bragging about. it was something that was meant to be part of this package. i agree with that, but the point of it was to have guaranteed issuance and -- excuse me. guaranteed issue and community rating, and that's under the government's proposal, goes, would disappear. we would go back to the old system, and understand wlaer wh is the -- the real question the court is asking, should be asking is, would congress rather go back to the old system than to take, perhaps, the risk that you're talking about? >> you -- you're referring to the government's second position. their first, of course, is that we shouldn't address this issue at all.
which is the fact that if you follow the government's suggestion if the court follows the government's suggestion, what is going to be lost is something we know is a central part of the act. i mean, indeed if one sort of looks at the legislative history more broadly, i think much of it is directed towards the idea that guaranteed issue and community rating were the crown jewel of the act. the minimum coverage provision wasn't something that everybody was bragging about. it was something that...
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what role should the government play in housing finance? >> gretchen morganson detailed the financial collapse. >> if you want to subsidize housing in this country, and we want to talk about it and the populous agrees it's something we should subsidize then put it on the balance sheet and make it clear and make it evident and make everybody aware of how much it's costing. when you deliver it through these third party enterprises, fannie mae and freddie mac, that's not a very good way of subsidizing homeownership. >> more on sunday at 8:00. >>> yesterday the defense department hostinged it's first pride month event since the repeal of don't ask, don't tell. we'll hear a discussion on the value of diversity in the mi military as well as remarks from leon panetta. this is an hour. >> good afternoon. welcome to the department of defense lesbian, gay and transgender national event. please stand and remain standing for the national anthem. ♪ ♪ >> please be seated. please direct your attention to the center screen for the president's lgbt prid
what role should the government play in housing finance? >> gretchen morganson detailed the financial collapse. >> if you want to subsidize housing in this country, and we want to talk about it and the populous agrees it's something we should subsidize then put it on the balance sheet and make it clear and make it evident and make everybody aware of how much it's costing. when you deliver it through these third party enterprises, fannie mae and freddie mac, that's not a very good...
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the federal government doesn't have that luxury. not like space aliens will pay for our reform, we've got to pay for it. the second place is the massachusetts law did not try to control health care costs. whereas the affordable care act takes on cost control in a serious way. >> how come throughout all of the effort to get this law through we heard that it wasn't going to cost the country anything, it was already paid for, and now we learn it's more than $1 trillion. the federal government plans to pay for some of the benefits by taxing those parts of the medical sector that stand to gain from an infusion of new customers. medical devices, pharmaceutical, insurance companies. nearly half of small business owners who aren't hiring say that's the reason they say they are concerned about the expense of health care. what's your response to those who say this legislation hampers the ability to do business. >> you've raised what's at the heart of a lot of the confusion. separate two things. one is the cost of health care. that's what's ha
the federal government doesn't have that luxury. not like space aliens will pay for our reform, we've got to pay for it. the second place is the massachusetts law did not try to control health care costs. whereas the affordable care act takes on cost control in a serious way. >> how come throughout all of the effort to get this law through we heard that it wasn't going to cost the country anything, it was already paid for, and now we learn it's more than $1 trillion. the federal...
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i tend to call expenditure taxes, because they remain largely hidden from government. and the public. and yet they actually are a major influence on behavior. these expenditures, i want to be clear, are a classic liberal conservative compromise, and mr. chairman, you commented earlier about needing to work together to solve this problem. one reason that one has to work together is because, in fact, it is a liberal, conservative compromise that got us there in the sense that liberals have faced these types of implicit taxes as a ways of increasing progressivety, conservatives have embarked upon them as ways of saving on budget revenues, both of which are legitimate goals, but have very high tax rates. and although low and moderate income households are especially effective and the subject of this hearing, you have these implicit taxes in the amt and pell grants and dozens if not dozens of programs, including most of the subsidies in the tax system. at the urban institute, we've done a lot of work on trying to calculate these taxes. the first graph that you actually see
i tend to call expenditure taxes, because they remain largely hidden from government. and the public. and yet they actually are a major influence on behavior. these expenditures, i want to be clear, are a classic liberal conservative compromise, and mr. chairman, you commented earlier about needing to work together to solve this problem. one reason that one has to work together is because, in fact, it is a liberal, conservative compromise that got us there in the sense that liberals have faced...
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now, i understand the government can't take free services. but it is concerning to me that we would go with three contractors who have absolutely no experience to set up something that could immediately save us billions of dollars, and not contract with the one firm who actually has real experience in doing that. can you explain that to me? >> senator, i have to confess, i'm not aware of the contracting negotiations or who bid or what the decision was. i would be very pleased to get that answer to you in detail and have doctor peter budetti, who is the first person at medicare and medicaid to ever focus on fraud. we have a senior leader who is charged with doing that, build the predictive modeling, but i will get you a very detailed answer. >> i understand that. we've had him in front of our committee, and his answers weren't satisfactory on that has well. so the question is, we have a cost plus contract, $77 million, getting ready to expire, we're going to renew it on the performance criteria for y'all to effectively manage what you're doing
now, i understand the government can't take free services. but it is concerning to me that we would go with three contractors who have absolutely no experience to set up something that could immediately save us billions of dollars, and not contract with the one firm who actually has real experience in doing that. can you explain that to me? >> senator, i have to confess, i'm not aware of the contracting negotiations or who bid or what the decision was. i would be very pleased to get that...
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, and why can't the government fix this and stop playing catch-up. so my question to you on this is the president issued an executive order on this last fall, what specifically since then has changed so that the government is going to get out in front of this urgent problem? i'm not the only member of the senate who is hearing from parents. i want to know what i can tell that parent when i call them back tonight, i said i would call them back tonight and say i spoke to the government's point person on this issue. what can we tell the parent tonight that the government is doing to get out in front of this urgent issue? >> well the good news for the parents of a child with leukemia is that the fda did announce yesterday that they feel in the next two weeks, the leukemia drug shortage will indeed be resolved. people were afraid they were going to run out of the drug in two weeks and it's resolved because we accelerate alternatives. what we know since the executive order that the president issued in october there have been 200 shortages that were averted
, and why can't the government fix this and stop playing catch-up. so my question to you on this is the president issued an executive order on this last fall, what specifically since then has changed so that the government is going to get out in front of this urgent problem? i'm not the only member of the senate who is hearing from parents. i want to know what i can tell that parent when i call them back tonight, i said i would call them back tonight and say i spoke to the government's point...
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is the federal government going to take that over? >> they are. he was the first commissioner to say he was not going to be along with setting up the high-risk pool in his state. was another aspect of the state's rights opposition we are seeing which has mostly manifested itself in people being saying they're going to sue about this mandate. if the insurance commissioner came out and said he was not going to help with this high risk pool kathleen sibelius' said the federal government would be able to sort of do that if there's a provision in the law that high risk pools will be -- states will not be left without them just because a state is refusing to cooperate. there is more of a problem with states that are not being cooperative when it comes to the big part of the law in 2014 when we start getting new marketplaces called changes that the states are going to set up where people buy insurance. if states are being grudging and not opposed to this law there will be a tremendous problem. deron not helping to set up a good exchanges in their state.
is the federal government going to take that over? >> they are. he was the first commissioner to say he was not going to be along with setting up the high-risk pool in his state. was another aspect of the state's rights opposition we are seeing which has mostly manifested itself in people being saying they're going to sue about this mandate. if the insurance commissioner came out and said he was not going to help with this high risk pool kathleen sibelius' said the federal government...
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thank you very governor snyder do you agree that the -- the federal government plays a major role in helping improve the economy? do the feds not help the auto industry in michigan? >> well, the auto industry was a union circumstance and that was successful, and i was asked that earlier. so i appreciate the question. what i would say is that one of the things holding back our economy very clearly, talking to any michigan employer, is the challenge of dealing with the federal deficit here. and that is an issue that needs to be resolved because as a former businessperson myself, the number one thing you want from government is certainty and confidence that you know what you're dealing with. and if you don't know what the rules are, you're not going to take undue risk. and this is a risk sitting out there for all our employers. so i really encourage washington to address that issue, because that is holding back job creation in our state. >> absolutely. and the lack of customers is also holding back -- >> the gentle lady's time has expired. dr. heck? >> thank you, mr. chairman. thanks to
thank you very governor snyder do you agree that the -- the federal government plays a major role in helping improve the economy? do the feds not help the auto industry in michigan? >> well, the auto industry was a union circumstance and that was successful, and i was asked that earlier. so i appreciate the question. what i would say is that one of the things holding back our economy very clearly, talking to any michigan employer, is the challenge of dealing with the federal deficit here....
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you do not need the government -- government to mandate that. the key task we have in health care is to get the cost down so it is more affordable for families. he has a model for doing that, an unelected board who will decide what kind of treatment you ought to have a. in my opinion, the government is not effective in bringing down the cost of almost anything. as a matter of fact, free people and free enterprise is try to find a way to do things together are more effective at bringing down the cost that the government ever will be. your example of the cleveland clinic is exactly my point. this is the private market. these are enterprises competing with each other and learning how to do better jobs. i used to consult to hospitals and health-care providers. i was astonished at the creativity and innovation that exists in the american people. in order to bring the cost of health care down, we do not need a board of the 15 people telling us what kind of treatments we should have. we should have insurance plans, hospitals, doctors on targets so that
you do not need the government -- government to mandate that. the key task we have in health care is to get the cost down so it is more affordable for families. he has a model for doing that, an unelected board who will decide what kind of treatment you ought to have a. in my opinion, the government is not effective in bringing down the cost of almost anything. as a matter of fact, free people and free enterprise is try to find a way to do things together are more effective at bringing down the...
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and third, i'm going to reduce government spending. i hope everyone understands that high levels of debt slow down the rate of growth of the gdp, of the economy. and that means fewer jobs are created. if our goal is jobs, we have to stop spending over a trillion dollars more than we take in every year. [ applause ] and so to do that, i'm going to eliminate every nonessential expensive program i can find. that includes obama care and i'm going to work to reform and say -- [ crowd booing ] >> you know there was a survey -- there was a survey of the chamber of commerce. they carried out a survey of their members about 1500 surveyed. and they asked them what effect obama care would have on their plans and 3/4 of them said it made them less like toy to hire people. i say again if our priority is jobs, that's my priority, that's something i'd change and i'd replace with something that provides the people something they need in health care which is lower cost, good quality, capacity to deal with people who have preexisting conditions and i'll
and third, i'm going to reduce government spending. i hope everyone understands that high levels of debt slow down the rate of growth of the gdp, of the economy. and that means fewer jobs are created. if our goal is jobs, we have to stop spending over a trillion dollars more than we take in every year. [ applause ] and so to do that, i'm going to eliminate every nonessential expensive program i can find. that includes obama care and i'm going to work to reform and say -- [ crowd booing ]...
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what role should the government play in housing? enson detailsorgan se government subsidized home ownership in her new book. >> if you want to subsidize housing and we want to talk about it and the populist agrees that it is something we should subsidize, put it on the balance sheet and make it clearer and make it evident and make everybody aware of how much it is costing. when you deliver its through these third party enterprises, with private shareholders and executives who can extract a lot of the subsidy for themselves, that is not a very good way of subsidizing home ownership. i think we have seen the end of that movie in 2008. >> more with her tonight at 8:00 p.m. on c-span's "q&a." aboutis morning, we speak wit the political reactio t
what role should the government play in housing? enson detailsorgan se government subsidized home ownership in her new book. >> if you want to subsidize housing and we want to talk about it and the populist agrees that it is something we should subsidize, put it on the balance sheet and make it clearer and make it evident and make everybody aware of how much it is costing. when you deliver its through these third party enterprises, with private shareholders and executives who can extract...
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it is not going to be a do nothing government or if they do nothing america. it will not be an america where people look at us and whisper behind our backs about what we think we are or what we used to be. they are going to look at us as what we are now and how far we are going to go into the future. the reform party is the greatest party that there is right now. we have nowhere to go but up. we are growing. we will be the voice of the middle class. we will be the voice of all america. as i said before, i am not a proponent of the 1% or the 99%. it is 100% of everyone in america. i will not focus on social issues, because that is not what we need. that belongs outside of politics. i am going to focus on our economy, on the defense of this country, and on making are americans better educated, to make those educated decisions that we need made every single day. i will intensify my focus on bringing jobs back to america. people that are struggling every day, grinding their hands to the bones, trying to get money that the need to take care of their children and th
it is not going to be a do nothing government or if they do nothing america. it will not be an america where people look at us and whisper behind our backs about what we think we are or what we used to be. they are going to look at us as what we are now and how far we are going to go into the future. the reform party is the greatest party that there is right now. we have nowhere to go but up. we are growing. we will be the voice of the middle class. we will be the voice of all america. as i...
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the government set up medicaid. the government set up medicare. the government set up chp and therefore 40 million people who don't have private insurance. in that world government has set up commerce. it's all over the united states. and in that world of course the decision by the 40 million not to buy the insurance affects that commerce and substantially so, so i thought the issue here is not whether it's a violation of some basic right or something to make people buy something that they don't want but simply whether those decisions of that group of 40 million people substantially affect the interstate commerce that has been set up in part through these other programs, so that's the part of your argument i'm not hearing. >> oh, please, it is clear that the failure to buy health insurance doesn't affect anyone. defaulting on your payments to your health care provider does. congress chose for whatever reason not to regulate the harmful activity of defaulting on your health care provider. they use the 20% or whoever among the uninsured as a leverag
the government set up medicaid. the government set up medicare. the government set up chp and therefore 40 million people who don't have private insurance. in that world government has set up commerce. it's all over the united states. and in that world of course the decision by the 40 million not to buy the insurance affects that commerce and substantially so, so i thought the issue here is not whether it's a violation of some basic right or something to make people buy something that they...
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the part of the government to justify the action. to find the authority in the institution to do what they're doing. that seems to be in the heart of what we are talking about today. the seconds on vags that i would point out also came from justice kennedy. he says this fundamentally changes the relationship between the people and the government. and that's one of the points that we have been making all along. this notion that somehow congress believes it has the power under the commerce clause to force people into commerce, for whatever reason choose not to be in cheommerce is a stretc beyond anything. so you never know. these are only arguments. they're asking questions to try to figure out where they're going to this settle in here, in terms of deciding the case. but i would say today the government had a tough day. that would be my impression. with that, let me turn the microphones over to colleague, senator cornyn. >> thanks, mike. well, the reason this case is so important, as you all know, and as senator points out is because
the part of the government to justify the action. to find the authority in the institution to do what they're doing. that seems to be in the heart of what we are talking about today. the seconds on vags that i would point out also came from justice kennedy. he says this fundamentally changes the relationship between the people and the government. and that's one of the points that we have been making all along. this notion that somehow congress believes it has the power under the commerce clause...
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we do not see the government run exchanges, the cut on medicare. we do not see those provisions as being interval to health-care costs. we do think there needs to be serious discussion to enforce this law. we ought to be adding thousands of new nurses. i would not characterize us as having common ground on the mandate or the bureaucracy that surrounds obamacare. we think that is the wrong solution. >> we have not talked much about expanding access to insurance. one of the thing the president it was expand access to insurance of 30 million people. they pay for subsidies in the form of refundable tax credits. how important is it is that goal of increasing the number of people that are insured and what republicans do about it? >> it is not just offering them health care insurance but offering them health care coverage. half of all the new enrollees is medicaid. it is finding a doctor who would see someone on medicaid. we think the coverage was by government paying the extra cost of health care rather than a series that will lower costs. i come from an
we do not see the government run exchanges, the cut on medicare. we do not see those provisions as being interval to health-care costs. we do think there needs to be serious discussion to enforce this law. we ought to be adding thousands of new nurses. i would not characterize us as having common ground on the mandate or the bureaucracy that surrounds obamacare. we think that is the wrong solution. >> we have not talked much about expanding access to insurance. one of the thing the...
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i think there are lessons to be learned for the federal government. and a big part of it was it was voluntary to begin. we weren't forcing anybody in. we said if you believe this is a better way and you can see that you can earn well under this model by making care better and by contributing to affordability over the long-term, then come on in to this contract. and then what i think led to the rapid acceleration was a couple of things. one, organizations started to see that the initial pioneers, no pun intended, in our aqc model were succeeding, both at improving quality and at managing to their budgets. second, they saw that the fee-for-service system was starting to look pretty unattractive, was starting to look like low or no payment increases, no real opportunities to advance. and that created some acceleration. they started to understand that the kind of support they were getting from us as a payer and that i think the federal government will have to work out similar models to help them as they transitioned from a volume-based system to a value-b
i think there are lessons to be learned for the federal government. and a big part of it was it was voluntary to begin. we weren't forcing anybody in. we said if you believe this is a better way and you can see that you can earn well under this model by making care better and by contributing to affordability over the long-term, then come on in to this contract. and then what i think led to the rapid acceleration was a couple of things. one, organizations started to see that the initial...
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it was stated, this was a position against by the government. the chief justice and acknowledged it and said it was the correct position to take. i do not s the big mystery. >> my take is two fold. first of all, for those of my friends to respect andnd rear the constititution of the united states we are ree branches. legislslative, congress, executive, president and judiciary, supreme court. all three have not acted. they have extended t affordable care act. acpted by the congress, signed by the president ueld by the supreme court, let's move on. no. 1. no. 2, this is an important issue. this was a central issue in the campaign of 2008. both sides vow t to do something about it. this came outf an urgent need in the people. the leading cost of bankruptcy in america was a serious illness, unable to pay for it, people falling outf the middle-class, losing their homes because of illness, because of lack of coverage. this addresses that. hope the administration will finally grabbed this moment to sell their case. the president started doing it on thu
it was stated, this was a position against by the government. the chief justice and acknowledged it and said it was the correct position to take. i do not s the big mystery. >> my take is two fold. first of all, for those of my friends to respect andnd rear the constititution of the united states we are ree branches. legislslative, congress, executive, president and judiciary, supreme court. all three have not acted. they have extended t affordable care act. acpted by the congress, signed...
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government car auctions to finding a new job. whether you have information to get or ideas to give, go to the official source. usa.gov >>> welcome back to "our world" talking about what happens so far. that tuesday comes in november, when the final prediction is made, who will be the next president of the united states? >> i'm starting with you kelly? >> i hate these, i think it will be a really big night for media. you know -- i really hate these predictions. i predict it will be a squeaker, maybe to the point that we haven't seen since 2000. i think that psh shoot pull it out, but i think it will be a nail biter in a way that people are not expecting. >> i can predict one thing, i will be glad when it's over so we can get off the clock. >> you said close one? >> yes, close and obama wins. >> well, you know look, i agree with both of my friends here that it's going to be tight going into the election, obviously, until the very end, but certainly at the end of the day, it's our hope and we're confident that the romney campaign ha
government car auctions to finding a new job. whether you have information to get or ideas to give, go to the official source. usa.gov >>> welcome back to "our world" talking about what happens so far. that tuesday comes in november, when the final prediction is made, who will be the next president of the united states? >> i'm starting with you kelly? >> i hate these, i think it will be a really big night for media. you know -- i really hate these predictions. i...
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that required the federal government intervention in order to ensure that they did not go under. that was not anything that i wanted to vote for. i'm one of the few people that can say i voted twice to bail out chrysler. 1979 and in 2010. and we were offering the same opportunity to the coal industry in the waxman-markey bill. we were saying we'll provide the innovation and the help for the coal industry. we'll give you a bridge to make a transition so that you can stay within the competitive framework of new energy sources within the country. and the coal industry, in the same way that the auto industry did, said absolutely no. now, where is the auto industry today? well, they have come through their mess and now they are embracing the 54.5 miles per gallon by the year of 2026 and they are advertising every 20 minutes on every television show about their new more fuel-efficient and safer vehicles that they are selling. the coal industry said, no, let's just keep getting at this. peabody coal said no. and in the same way that they did a disservice to it is workers, peabody coal h
that required the federal government intervention in order to ensure that they did not go under. that was not anything that i wanted to vote for. i'm one of the few people that can say i voted twice to bail out chrysler. 1979 and in 2010. and we were offering the same opportunity to the coal industry in the waxman-markey bill. we were saying we'll provide the innovation and the help for the coal industry. we'll give you a bridge to make a transition so that you can stay within the competitive...
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but the federal government paid for it. the federal government is not that luxury. it's not like china will pay for health care reform. we didn't have the luxury of someone else paying for us we had to raise revenue. that was one place and had to be more ambitious and they can talk about the revenues and where they came from. the second is the bill in massachusetts is not about the secondhand of may 2 headed allocator must not about cost control and not about dealing with this more important problem in the long run, which is controlling health care costs. and here to tell you that it's okay. that is okay because it's a lot harder problem. a lot harder problem. but a problem that are moving toward solving. we're just not there yet and in a situation shine china forward in the affordable act was slower to train control health care act which altogether will not really be the last word on cost control. but which moves us forward towards ultimately controlling health care costs and not ending up spending 40% or% of gdp on health care in massachusetts in which the bill is
but the federal government paid for it. the federal government is not that luxury. it's not like china will pay for health care reform. we didn't have the luxury of someone else paying for us we had to raise revenue. that was one place and had to be more ambitious and they can talk about the revenues and where they came from. the second is the bill in massachusetts is not about the secondhand of may 2 headed allocator must not about cost control and not about dealing with this more important...
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or the federal government, and so on and so forth. it's going to have to pay. okay, you take people that don't have green cards. i'm not saying any certain race. i'm just talking/what are going to do? >> we'll leave it there. huntington, new york jerry on our republican line. you're on c-span. good afternoon to you. >> caller: good afternoon to you. my only comment is -- well i am against the mandate. from my observations as all this has been going on, i do believe it's unconstitutional because there's no precedent for it whether than this is something they're quoting george washington did. we'll see how the court handles that. >> we'll leave your comments. and look at this tweet from christian who says one simply can't equate health insurance and car insurance mandates. car insurance protects others property around you. next call as we await the release of the oral -- the audio transcripts today from kathleen in hammond ininn a democrat. >> caller: hi good afternoon. i have a question and a quick comment. is -- is the issue with clar
or the federal government, and so on and so forth. it's going to have to pay. okay, you take people that don't have green cards. i'm not saying any certain race. i'm just talking/what are going to do? >> we'll leave it there. huntington, new york jerry on our republican line. you're on c-span. good afternoon to you. >> caller: good afternoon to you. my only comment is -- well i am against the mandate. from my observations as all this has been going on, i do believe it's...
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the federal government's latest green project. we will have the details coming up tracy: governors across the country refusing to comply with john is 42. mortgage. married. two great ki. he wants to protect his family with a $500,000 term life insurance policy. what do you think it'll cost him? a hundred dollars a month? sixty? forty? actually none of the above. john can get a $500,000 policy -from a highly rated insurer - for under $25 a month. his secret? selectquote. selectquote is impartial. they'll search the pick of insurers like these to give you a choice of your best prices. selectquote has great savings on term life for women, too. john's wife carrie, can get a $500,000 policy for under $16 a month. selectquote has helped make term life insurance affordable for hundreds of thousands of people since 1985. how about you? just call this number or visit selectquote dot com. tracy: obamacare. decision day states will let washington know if they will know if they will set up their own health care exchanges or what the federal g
the federal government's latest green project. we will have the details coming up tracy: governors across the country refusing to comply with john is 42. mortgage. married. two great ki. he wants to protect his family with a $500,000 term life insurance policy. what do you think it'll cost him? a hundred dollars a month? sixty? forty? actually none of the above. john can get a $500,000 policy -from a highly rated insurer - for under $25 a month. his secret? selectquote. selectquote is...
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were going into mexico and causing all these problems with the cartel when really the government was sanctioning these sales and sending them into mexico. >> she's interviewed by national journal white house correspondent major garrett sunday night at 9:00, part of book tv this weekend on c-span2. >> how do you approach book interviews differently than news reporting interviews? >> i think of the book interviews as gathering history. i think of interviewing when i'm working for the news side as gathering contemporary information. >> how difficult is it to remain impartial in your reporting and not get caught up in the hype of one campaign or another? >> i'm going to try to as best as i can give people as full an understanding of what is happening in this campaign. it's not that difficult to put your biases to the side. >> how has social media changed your line of work in terms of reporting and getting your news information? >> twitter in particular is now a primary news source for anybody who covers politics and anybody who pays attention to politics. twitter didn't exist four years
were going into mexico and causing all these problems with the cartel when really the government was sanctioning these sales and sending them into mexico. >> she's interviewed by national journal white house correspondent major garrett sunday night at 9:00, part of book tv this weekend on c-span2. >> how do you approach book interviews differently than news reporting interviews? >> i think of the book interviews as gathering history. i think of interviewing when i'm working...
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it time we ask government to start participating in the answer? and in time do we start requiring the local governments to states and counties to start looking at how we're doing business and start changing the way we're doing it and going to smart traffic management as much as requiring the private sector to go to smart cars? >> but i think that's happening. in the recovery act, i spoke -- >> wait a minute. wait a minute. it's happening voluntarily? >> it's happening because local governments are looking at their energy impact and using investments like in the recovery act to make investments. >> ma'am, i'm going to stop you right there. city council members and i pointed out there is no financial reason for our city to do that. give us a financial incentive, pay us to do this. all i'm saying is did we pay the auto industries to go to a more fuel efficient or did we tell them they've got to reduce their emissions and their fuel consumption? if that with the private sector, then why do we hold cities, counties and federal government immune from it
it time we ask government to start participating in the answer? and in time do we start requiring the local governments to states and counties to start looking at how we're doing business and start changing the way we're doing it and going to smart traffic management as much as requiring the private sector to go to smart cars? >> but i think that's happening. in the recovery act, i spoke -- >> wait a minute. wait a minute. it's happening voluntarily? >> it's happening because...
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it is one of the parts of state government that everybody loves. it is hard to find anybody who gets mad at park rangers. what happened was as part of the budget deal which brown signed on wednesday night, noreen evans from the north bay found $41 million in other pots of money. water treatment money, energy pots, road pots and put that into state parks. governor brown line-item vetoed $79 million of that out. that $10 million that he kept in combined with 40 million deals. everybody from the supermarket which gave money to the big sur land trust to the city of calusa kicked in. what we found yesterday, 40 of the 70 have deals to keep them open for another year. 25 of the 70 are in negotiations and probably will be saved. five are what we are calling orphan parks which don't have deals. unless someone steps forward by later this summer, those parks could close. >> can you specify who you want to give money to out of the five? >> the california state parks foundation, which is a bay area-based non-profit is coordinating this. the five parks are the
it is one of the parts of state government that everybody loves. it is hard to find anybody who gets mad at park rangers. what happened was as part of the budget deal which brown signed on wednesday night, noreen evans from the north bay found $41 million in other pots of money. water treatment money, energy pots, road pots and put that into state parks. governor brown line-item vetoed $79 million of that out. that $10 million that he kept in combined with 40 million deals. everybody from the...
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. >> four out of five newly insured are getting government health coverage. they are subsidized or paid in entirety. the safety net is bigger, which is great, but expensive. are you able to continue down that path in massachusetts without breaking the bank? >> sure. in fact, you know, our system here, like the system at the national level under the affordable care act is a hybrid system. it emphasizes private insurance purchased in the private sector. the expansion added 1% to state spending. the biggest challenge for us is a challenge that is natural. the premiums go up year after year. that's the next big chapter. we are going to crack that code. it made a lot of progress. premium increases averaging 17% or 18% two years ago. they are less than 2% today. they are going down. we are making great progress there as well. >> yeah, a lot of people paying attention to the increase in premiums. they hear you talk and look at their bills and see how their premiums went up. you made the point and we checked into it about how popular the plan is in massachusetts. it
. >> four out of five newly insured are getting government health coverage. they are subsidized or paid in entirety. the safety net is bigger, which is great, but expensive. are you able to continue down that path in massachusetts without breaking the bank? >> sure. in fact, you know, our system here, like the system at the national level under the affordable care act is a hybrid system. it emphasizes private insurance purchased in the private sector. the expansion added 1% to state...
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the federal government says yes. there has ever been a case like this ever before in the over 200 years since the constitution was passed. the federal government has never compel people to buy a product under the guise of regulating commerce. that is the centerpiece of the case. there is another constitutional issue, that is the tax argument. that arose after the case began. when we file our case on march 23 of 2010, this was all about the commerce clause. if you go and look to the press coverage there in that first month, a lot of criticism about what we were doing and why and a lot of questioning. there was a lot of predicting the federal government would win. we just kept making and we addressed the limited size of government. this was to much power. as he kept making the case, gradually, it became very clear that the other side begin to get worried that they could lose. they started out saying this is a slam dunk and we will never lose. of course, we won in the district court. about a month later, in april 2010,
the federal government says yes. there has ever been a case like this ever before in the over 200 years since the constitution was passed. the federal government has never compel people to buy a product under the guise of regulating commerce. that is the centerpiece of the case. there is another constitutional issue, that is the tax argument. that arose after the case began. when we file our case on march 23 of 2010, this was all about the commerce clause. if you go and look to the press...
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back then the government wanted to create facilities for aging veterans of the civil war. so former senator john p. jones and his friend, who was a glamorous heiress decided to donate all the land. today just a few miles from the pacific ocean it is some of the most valuable real estate in all of north america. the original deed includes a condition that the land be used to establish and maintain a branch of a national home for disabled vets. there are nearly 8,000 vets homeless in los angeles alone. hard to believe. last fall the v.a. told us they are committed to helping every single one of those men and women. but this week a federal judge said the lawsuit can go forward. he said the v.a. does have a duty to provide that housing. now, there is no trial date that is set as of yet, and the two sides could still reach an agreement. but, you know, during my investigation, i met a 22-year-old former soldier, robert rhysman. he's not part of the lawsuit but he did end up homeless after being kicked out of the army despite a diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder. when we
back then the government wanted to create facilities for aging veterans of the civil war. so former senator john p. jones and his friend, who was a glamorous heiress decided to donate all the land. today just a few miles from the pacific ocean it is some of the most valuable real estate in all of north america. the original deed includes a condition that the land be used to establish and maintain a branch of a national home for disabled vets. there are nearly 8,000 vets homeless in los angeles...
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have responded accordingly. >> so it's not driven by the italian government or by u.s. coast guard? it's driven by the imo standards in place? >> yes. we as an interested party did request and the italian government has responded. >> that's all part. >> okay. remind me while we're an interested party in the allegra? >> because there are eight u.s. citizens who are passengers on board that vessel. >> okay. can you talk a little bit about the center for excellence and how it operates? more of a school setting? seminar set something how is that? >> it actually has multiple functions. it is first and foremost, designed to train our marine inspectors from around the country so wherever we have in the pacific northwest, inspectors go to miami where the center is located, receive their with the coast guard specialists and with industry partners. industry provides vessels for our examinations. we can not only have classroom instruction, but hands-on, understand in detail, how all the systems work. so it's a cooperative effort that we undertake with the industry and, in fact, th
have responded accordingly. >> so it's not driven by the italian government or by u.s. coast guard? it's driven by the imo standards in place? >> yes. we as an interested party did request and the italian government has responded. >> that's all part. >> okay. remind me while we're an interested party in the allegra? >> because there are eight u.s. citizens who are passengers on board that vessel. >> okay. can you talk a little bit about the center for...
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without any government help? >> the issue is whether people can sign to wave their right in the future to seek assistance. i think the view of congress is you can't do that in the future. you can say you weren't going to get government support. the private sector has a lot to provide. an approach like that wouldn't be enforceable. >> washington, d.c., good morning, joe, democrat's line. >> caller: how are you? >> i'm doing well, thank you. >> caller: i have two questions for you. the first is the foundation is listed by source watch as receiving significant support from exxon mobil and the coach family foundations and was, in fact, founded -- and so the question is that it's hardly an unreasonable leap to regard your organization as one that is devoted to protecting the interest of those large corporations and their tax privileges. and it's true. and it seems in all honesty likely to be true. >> caller, we'll let the guest respond and then have your follow up. >> we were founded by a lot of businessmen who were c
without any government help? >> the issue is whether people can sign to wave their right in the future to seek assistance. i think the view of congress is you can't do that in the future. you can say you weren't going to get government support. the private sector has a lot to provide. an approach like that wouldn't be enforceable. >> washington, d.c., good morning, joe, democrat's line. >> caller: how are you? >> i'm doing well, thank you. >> caller: i have two...
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the only thing that we knew outside of the government program was that guns from american gun dealers were going into mexico and causing all these problems with the cartel when really the government was sanctioning the sales and sending them to mexico. >> she is interviewed by the national journal of white house correspond ept. sunday night at 9:00, this weekend on c-span 2. >> next a discussion on youth environmental activism. this is from the common wealth club of california in san francisco. you will hear from a college student who stood up and disputed a united nations conference in south africa in december and another student who filed suit against california and the united states, holding the governments responsible for protecting the atmosphere for future generations. from march, this panel runs an hour and five minutes. >> welcome to the manager economy and environment. today we are focussing on what college students and other youth are doing to advance a transition towards a clean and prosperous economy. 2011 was a year of climate extremes around the world. floods affected so
the only thing that we knew outside of the government program was that guns from american gun dealers were going into mexico and causing all these problems with the cartel when really the government was sanctioning the sales and sending them to mexico. >> she is interviewed by the national journal of white house correspond ept. sunday night at 9:00, this weekend on c-span 2. >> next a discussion on youth environmental activism. this is from the common wealth club of california in...
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president, they're not dreaming of government loans. [laughter] [applause] small towns give us lincoln and truman, eisenhower and reagan and some of the sons and daughters who sacrificed to defend our freedom on battlefields far away. the vision, the values, the character, and the can-do spirit you find in our small towns have made america great and these places you'll also find a special sense of community and a deep commitment to our country. these americans are quiet heroes. they raised strong families, run our factories, and grow our food. the coach little league and soccer. they serve on the pga. they are volunteers and help our neighbors. they dream big dreams sometimes for themselves but mostly for our kids. every town counts because the families of lost jobs, faced foreclosure, or have been forced to spend the money they're saving for college to make ends meet. they are our fellow americans and it is time to care for them and recognize them as such. [applause] in recent years, they have shown great determination and real bravery
president, they're not dreaming of government loans. [laughter] [applause] small towns give us lincoln and truman, eisenhower and reagan and some of the sons and daughters who sacrificed to defend our freedom on battlefields far away. the vision, the values, the character, and the can-do spirit you find in our small towns have made america great and these places you'll also find a special sense of community and a deep commitment to our country. these americans are quiet heroes. they raised...
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my guess is the federal government is not going to be terribly effective in driving change. to the extent those states are going to be held to account. state based groups and others in those states say this is not acceptable. is not ok to step away and put are heads in the sand. >> probably true. the two largest states do not apply but they have strong reform advocates within them. the third largest state -- the way your agency is approaching reform and accountability. >> a couple things. we have a capacity challenge even though the department is fairly large because we have regulatory response for k-12 and higher education and adult education and job creation and develop museums and i could go on. so we have that broad range of responsibility so the portion of the department is fairly small. we got to be smart about how we will leverage our limited resources. one thing we are doing is trying to work with other states are implementation because they are schools where it is going to improve. we work with massachusetts and rhode island on a common rubric for curriculum materia
my guess is the federal government is not going to be terribly effective in driving change. to the extent those states are going to be held to account. state based groups and others in those states say this is not acceptable. is not ok to step away and put are heads in the sand. >> probably true. the two largest states do not apply but they have strong reform advocates within them. the third largest state -- the way your agency is approaching reform and accountability. >> a couple...
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we know that it ebbs up and downed the government's safety net and put new requirements on businesses and individuals. if that sounds familiar, it's because many call it the model for obama care. although romney himself said he would repeal that law and let each state find its solution. the supreme court is going to hear a case this month on whether the federal law is, in fact, constitutional. if it takes full effect as scheduled in 2014, it might get a sense of how the law might change things if you look at massachusetts. you could do a lot worse if you look at how things have gone there. in her mid 20s jacquelin was working in her parents' restaurants, and like a lot of people her age, she really didn't think she needed health insurance, and it was too expensive anyway. >> it was almost $700 a month, and i couldn't apoured that, so then i said, you know, i'm going to have to go woit it. >> reporter: in 2006 governor mitt romney put his name on a new health care law and faced with a new state requirement to carry insurance or face a fine. jacquelin signed up. >> how much did that cos
we know that it ebbs up and downed the government's safety net and put new requirements on businesses and individuals. if that sounds familiar, it's because many call it the model for obama care. although romney himself said he would repeal that law and let each state find its solution. the supreme court is going to hear a case this month on whether the federal law is, in fact, constitutional. if it takes full effect as scheduled in 2014, it might get a sense of how the law might change things...
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it's half government dollars half market dollars. people don't know what things cost. and a lot of people purchase health care services with somebody else paying for it. that's always a recipe for cost inflation. there's generically two ways where you might want to try to address reigning in costs. to give people more control over prices, things like hsa's and some of the reforms that dr. marron mentioned that may be tried on a state by state basis. another is rationing, whether input specific having to call some government official to get approval for a procedure, or implicit by waiting line, a lot of long waits to get certain procedures the way they have in some european countries. this bill kind of did a tiny amount of both of those things but didn't address cost containment in either way. i think dr. marron is being honest when he said he was disappointed. a lot of people are upset there's almost no cost containment in this bill at all. >> jamie on the independent line. >> i think that a lot of president obama's views, they kind of get scattered and nobody really i
it's half government dollars half market dollars. people don't know what things cost. and a lot of people purchase health care services with somebody else paying for it. that's always a recipe for cost inflation. there's generically two ways where you might want to try to address reigning in costs. to give people more control over prices, things like hsa's and some of the reforms that dr. marron mentioned that may be tried on a state by state basis. another is rationing, whether input specific...
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this is the latest in is series of more than 30 house past jobs bills that have removed government barriers to economic growth and stop policies that are driving up gas price. i also want to be clear about something, house republicans want to get a highway bill done. we want a bill and our colleagues are working toward producing a bill. we just want to make sure it's a bill that includes real reforms to ensure that taxpayer funds are paying for legitimate projects that support economic activity. not -- not planting more flowers and beautification projects around the country. we continue to support bipartisan job creation initiatives like the keystone pipeline. next month the house will boost to increase economic growth and jobs by providing a massive tax hike and a fairer, simpler tax code that lowers rates and closes special interest loopholes. stopping the tax hikes is critical to our economy, which more and more democrats are acknowledging every day and tax reform will help fuel more economic growth and job creation in our country. house republicans will also vote on several measures to
this is the latest in is series of more than 30 house past jobs bills that have removed government barriers to economic growth and stop policies that are driving up gas price. i also want to be clear about something, house republicans want to get a highway bill done. we want a bill and our colleagues are working toward producing a bill. we just want to make sure it's a bill that includes real reforms to ensure that taxpayer funds are paying for legitimate projects that support economic...
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and radiation ran up through the kid's feet and gave radiation poisoning and they banned it in the government and it was the coolest piece. i could see as a kid why you wanted to get your feet x-rayd, but it was pretty nasty come to find out. >> i remember having that done as a child! >> really? >> yes. >> i need to talk to my lawyer! >> (laughs). >>> this show is called "american restoration "and if you are there in vegas, show up out there. >> thank you for your time. >> it is on wednesday night, thank you. >> you have it. you can say you are not supposed to. (laughs). >>> taking a break and coming back with a look at traffic and don't ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, . >>> seven minutes until 7:00 and we have more on traffic and weather. >> temperatures are cold, about 20 and 18 now, but the day-time high, the sunshine mixing with the clouds and 53 tomorrow with rain. 42 on wednesday and 41 on thursday and 39 on friday, then 45 on sunday. mostly cloudy. this is the stadium in massachusetts, all that action right here on w z s -- wjz. fans dressing warmly as they head up to massachusetts. >>> over to traff
and radiation ran up through the kid's feet and gave radiation poisoning and they banned it in the government and it was the coolest piece. i could see as a kid why you wanted to get your feet x-rayd, but it was pretty nasty come to find out. >> i remember having that done as a child! >> really? >> yes. >> i need to talk to my lawyer! >> (laughs). >>> this show is called "american restoration "and if you are there in vegas, show up out there....
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i feel the chinese government right now is a vast interest group. [ speaking chinese ] >> translator: even though they may realize how gigantic the a with, it is extremely difficult for them to overcome these problems and to make amends. [ speaking chinese ] >> translator: therefore,ng chi indeed, calls for more and more people to be able to stand up and speak out. [ speaking chinese ] >> translator: as was pointed out by my husband before he was put in jail. [ speaking chinese ] >> translator: the minds explor treaded on for them to explode. field, you will never know the borderline chinese democracy will emerge and whether or not china can be democracized. therefore it calls on common efforts made by all of us. [ speakinghi >> translator: as was pointed out in my testimony today, the united state a extremely import all of this. [ speaking chinese ] >> translator: i very much hope that the united states of america will help china to make amends and to make a change. [ speaking chinese ] >> translator: the suffering of my husband and my family showcased a widespread problem of human r
i feel the chinese government right now is a vast interest group. [ speaking chinese ] >> translator: even though they may realize how gigantic the a with, it is extremely difficult for them to overcome these problems and to make amends. [ speaking chinese ] >> translator: therefore,ng chi indeed, calls for more and more people to be able to stand up and speak out. [ speaking chinese ] >> translator: as was pointed out by my husband before he was put in jail. [ speaking...
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reducing hospital-acquired infections, reducing preventable ress government programs, but certainly helps all our private sector partners, which is why we have more than 3,000 hospitals as well as a lot of major employers who are thrilled with this initiative and eager to step up and help us figure it out. >> i appreciate that. i just urge you to maybe quantify results so that we know if we're being efficient with various innovations. turning now to exchanges. i see you asked more money for the exchanges that go into effect in '14. how many states do you think will have exchanges operating by themselves, how many not? and if you could -- what are some of the worries, well, some of the good news, but what are some of your concerns about the exchanges and how many employers do you think are going to drop coverage to the exchanges because they don't want -- it's cheaper for them to pay us a penalty than it is to fight health insurance. the exchanges will take care of it. mr. chairman, we're actively working with states across the country and engaged, i think, 48 states in a variety of progra
reducing hospital-acquired infections, reducing preventable ress government programs, but certainly helps all our private sector partners, which is why we have more than 3,000 hospitals as well as a lot of major employers who are thrilled with this initiative and eager to step up and help us figure it out. >> i appreciate that. i just urge you to maybe quantify results so that we know if we're being efficient with various innovations. turning now to exchanges. i see you asked more money...
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while you have no chance against the government the government is cruise missiles the government has drones if you're the cops you know you're not going to get a shootout with cops and when it's a false argument and i think people have have this die hard commitment to the second amendment or to guns and they're losing sight of the grave damage it's causing to the nation really where we already have defined boundaries but we do we do we have to find boundaries but we can sit here and say let's ban this let's ban that we ban things all the time in these bands don't work what we're talking they don't do actually you don't know because you you will not go buy in here gas and this guy deployed tear gas and call in the indy in the movie theater and that was illegal that's already illegal so why in the in the movie theater result would he use that i mean it was not to he can't these people and then shoot them so we're going to he wouldn't be able is illegal to yesod the point so you can ban shooting people and guess what people still get shot but making those things unavailable you know i m
while you have no chance against the government the government is cruise missiles the government has drones if you're the cops you know you're not going to get a shootout with cops and when it's a false argument and i think people have have this die hard commitment to the second amendment or to guns and they're losing sight of the grave damage it's causing to the nation really where we already have defined boundaries but we do we do we have to find boundaries but we can sit here and say let's...
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, government deficits and spending, and of course the imposition of government rule over people's lives, both economic decisions and of course their decisions about even their own personal faith. this bill has far reaching consequences for the economic health of this country, and for basic liberty in our society. and that's why this decision and the debate that is going on right now is fundamental. and there is one candidate in this race who can actually make the contrast that is necessary between the republican position, the conservative position, and one that is an overwhelmingly supported by the american public and one that barack obama believes in. and that's rick santorum. and there's one candidate who is uniquely disqualified to make the case, the reason i'm here, and he's not. the reason that i talk about obama care and its impact on the economy and on fundamental freedoms, and mitt romney doesn't. it's because he can't because he supported government-run health care as governor of massachusetts. he supported a limitation on insurance products that are available, that you couldn'
, government deficits and spending, and of course the imposition of government rule over people's lives, both economic decisions and of course their decisions about even their own personal faith. this bill has far reaching consequences for the economic health of this country, and for basic liberty in our society. and that's why this decision and the debate that is going on right now is fundamental. and there is one candidate in this race who can actually make the contrast that is necessary...
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you think the law gives too much power to the federal government but states should have the right to do what they like even if it means requiring people to buy insurance? >> well, i'm not in favor of that approach necessarily. but i think that we do have a constitution and the constitution determines what the federal government is allowed to do and the question before the supreme court is whether the individual mandate is constitutional across the entire federal system and i think it's not constitutional and governor romney does. some judges at lower levels do. i think the supreme court is going to find the same thing. >> when you say you're not in favor of what's happening at the state level specifically massachusetts obviously governor romney was. he was in favor of a mandate in massachusetts at the state level. i spoke to the governor romney back in 2009. take a listen to what he said specifically. >> the republicans have been very interested in what we did here but i've gotten no calls from my democratic friends and no analysis done at the federal level to say what can we learn f
you think the law gives too much power to the federal government but states should have the right to do what they like even if it means requiring people to buy insurance? >> well, i'm not in favor of that approach necessarily. but i think that we do have a constitution and the constitution determines what the federal government is allowed to do and the question before the supreme court is whether the individual mandate is constitutional across the entire federal system and i think it's...